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Introduction Book 1 Psalm 1 Psalm 2 Psalm 3 Psalm 4 Psalm 5 Psalm 6 Psalm 7 Psalm 8 Psalms 9 and 10 Psalm 11 Psalm 12 Psalm 13 Psalm 14 Psalm 15 Psalm 16 Psalm 17 Psalm 18 Psalm 19 Psalm 20 Psalm 21 Psalm 22 Psalms 23 and 24 Psalm 25 Psalm 26 Psalm 27 Psalm 28 Psalm 29 Psalm 30 Psalm 31 Psalm 32 Psalm 33 Psalm 34 Psalm 35 Psalm 36 Psalm 37 Psalm 38 Psalm 39 Psalm 40 Psalm 41 Book 2 Psalms 42, 43 Psalm 44 Psalm 45 Psalm 46 Psalm 47 Psalm 48 Psalm 49 Psalm 50 Psalm 51 Psalm 52 Psalm 53 Psalm 54 Psalm 55 Psalm 56 Psalm 57 Psalm 58 Psalm 59 Psalm 60 Psalm 61 Psalm 62 Psalm 63 Psalm 64 Psalm 65 Psalm 66 Psalm 67 Psalm 68 Psalm 69 Psalm 70 Psalm 71 Psalm 72 Book 3 Psalm 73 Psalm 74 Psalm 75 Psalm 76 Psalm 77 Psalm 78 Psalm 79 Psalm 80 Psalm 81 Psalm 82 Psalm 83 Psalm 84 Psalm 85 Psalm 86 Psalm 87 Psalm 88 Psalm 89 Book 4 Psalm 90 Psalm 91 Psalm 92 Psalm 93 Psalm 94 Psalm 95 Psalm 96 Psalm 97 Psalm 98 Psalm 99 Psalm 100 Psalm 101 Psalm 102 Psalm 103 Psalm 104 Psalm 105 Psalm 106 Book 5 Psalm 107 Psalm 108 Psalm 109 Psalm 110 Psalm 111 Psalm 112 Psalm 113 Psalm 114 Psalm 115 Psalm 116 Psalm 117 Psalm 118 Psalm 119 Psalm 120 Psalm 121 Psalm 122 Psalm 123 Psalm 124 Psalm 125 Psalm 126 Psalm 127 Psalm 128 Psalm 129 Psalm 130 Psalm 131 Psalm 132 Psalm 133 Psalm 134 Psalm 135 Psalm 136 Psalm 137 Psalm 138 Psalm 139 Psalms 140-143 Psalm 144 Psalm 145 Psalm 146 Psalm 147 Psalm 148 Psalm 149 Psalm 150 |
Appeal against persecutors: Jehovah judges His peoplePsalm 7 appeals to Jehovah, on the ground of the righteous and more than righteous dealing of the godly with their enemies, that Jehovah may arise and awake to the judgment He has commanded, and that thus, by the deliverance of the remnant by judgment, the congregation of the various nations of the earth would compass Him about. He would then judge the peoples, thus distinctly bringing out the future judgment. Another point is brought out here. The Lord judges the righteous man. If a man turn not, but go on in his wickedness, His wrath will follow him. The two principles connecting Christ on earth with the remnant
In all this we have the Spirit of Christ as it associates itself
with the Jewish remnant, and in certain respects Christ Himself
called to mind; that is, as passing through the circumstances
which enabled Him to enter into theirs with truth (for we have
seen that the effect on His soul personally was never what it is
in the remnant). It is not His history, but His sympathy with
them. There are two principles which connect Christ on earth and
the remnant in the latter days: He takes them in grace into His
place as on earth,* and He enters into theirs. As to the nature
and principles of their life, the righteous have the sentiments of
the Spirit of Christ as it would work in their state. Their
appeals are the expression of this. And God allows their claims
(though they have not clear intelligence respecting this),
furnishing in the Psalms expressions to them. It is a need and a
desire too which the life that is in them legitimates to His heart
who can take account of the ground Christ has laid for blessing,
which makes Him righteous in forbearance, though the
righteousness, as to the Jews, be not yet manifested. Their
knowledge of what Jehovah is as respects integrity and oppression
— what He has ever been — makes them look for a deliverance which
seems impossible.** The expectation of faith
There is another expression to note here — "how long?" It
expresses the expectation of faith. God cannot reject His people
for ever: how long will He deal with them as if He did, and take
no notice of oppression? Hence in one place He says, There is none
that knoweth how long. As a whole, then, these psalms are a
general exhibition of the state of the remnant of the Jews before
God in the latter day, and the principles on which their souls
stand as godly — not as yet the strong outpouring of their feelings
under the trial of circumstances. Is Christ then absent from them
all? Surely not, or the Psalms were not here. Christ entered in
sympathy into their condition, forms the faith of their hearts in
it by His Spirit, is thus fully found in their low estate in the
best way. His own personal feelings when on earth they do not
express,* though He has learnt by His own sorrows in like
circumstances blessed truth! to have a word in season for him
that is weary. |
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